The most unfathomable schools and sages have never attained to the gravity which dwells in the eyes of a baby of three months old. It is the gravity of astonishment at the universe, and astonishment at the universe is not mysticism, but a transcendent common-sense. The fascination of children lies in this: that with each of them all things are remade, and the universe is put again upon its trial.

It is always the secure who are humble.

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

A large section of the intelligentsia seems wholly devoid of intelligence.

The professional soldier gains more and more power as the general courage of a community declines.

The best kind of giving is thanksgiving.

Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.